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Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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URINAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,601, dated February 9g 1886.

Application tiled September 21, 1885. Serial No. 177,636. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. MANN, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at I-Iolyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Urinals, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in urinals, the object being to provide for hotels and other buildings or places an improved construction of grouped urinals,embodying therein improvements in the manner of arranging and hanging the separating-shields in the slushing and washing-out devices and the lioor,and in means for effectual ventilation. Y

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, Figure l is an end view partly in section, and Fig. 2 a front elevation, of improved uzinals embodying my invention,Fig. 2 showing a part of the rear slab and a part of the floor broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Figs. 4. and 5 are detail views,which are hereinafter fully described. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the iiusliing-pipe having one end broken off.

In the drawings, A indicates the floor, and B the vertical wall,of the apartment in which the urinal is located. Said floor and wall are, when circumstances will permit of it, constructed of masonry,or of materials impermeable to dampness, and the door has formed in it at the foot of wall B a trough, C, through the bottom of one end of which passes the Siphon-pipe d, which discharges water from the trough into the trapped drain-pipe e, the latter passing also through the bottom oi' the trough and being secured thereto by a lock-nut, a a', above and below the latter, screwed thereto, and the Siphon-pipe d is ad- .,o justably attached to the pipe e (the latter being screw-threaded internally) by the bush ing 7, (see Fig. 4,) which screws into the latter, and into which pipe d screws, thereby adapting the latter to be moved vertically in pipe c to regulate the height of the water in and said cap may be low enough in lthe trough to draw off the desired amount of water, and to maintain a proper` depth ofthe latter therein, whereby disagreeable odors are obviated.

rlhe cap b is provided with a vertical airpassage, z',through the top thereof, which is intersected by cross-passages z, said passages being only sufliciently large to let the air escape from the cap when the water in the well of the trough rises above the openings x inthe side of the cap, and not large enough to break the Siphon after the water begins to discharge, the latter being drawn down about to the top ot' theopenings w when the siphon operates. rllhe said air-passages .e a are arranged blocks n, in pairs in front of each compart ment of the urinal, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Thus located and arranged the water in trough C quite surrounds said footblocks, the latter, in case the door is of maA sonry, being of the same materiah, or of stone or iron set therein.

The urinal-Wall proper, h, which is shown in section in Fig. 1, and in front elevation in Fig. 2, is preferably of slate, and when necessary of several slabs or sections united at their joints by suitable joint-backing, t', and screws, as shown. The Wall h is set atan incline to a perpendicular line in front of wall B, and far enough from the latter to leave a Ventilating air-space between said two walls, the upper edge of Wall h resting against a strip, h, of the same material as the latter, which is secured to wall B in any suitable manner, and the lower edge of said wall h is supported on a series of stone or other similar rests, c, iixed on the bottom of the trough, and projecting above the water therein, as shown in Fig. l, and as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Said IOO rests c are located at the junction of the sections of wall h, vand elsewhere, if the proper support of the latter requires it. Thus the base of the urinal-wall is supported directly over the water in trough 0,'and when fiushed, as hereinafter described, is washed directly into said trough, and an air-passage is left between the lower edge of Ysaid wall and the surface of the water for Ventilating purposes, as below set forth.

A Ventilating-pipe, J, having perforations therein, as shown in Fig. 2, is supported ou suitable brackets in a horizontal position in the above-named airspace back of the urinalwall h, from one end of which the vertical draft-pipe K runs, connecting pipe J with any suitable air-flue, whereby the latter-named pipe is caused to receive and carry off the foul air and disagreeable odors from the surface of the water in trough C and from behind Wall h.

necting the upper'end thereof with wall B,

the bracketmlending additionalsupport thereto, and on the metallic bar y, one end of which is secured to the wall h and the other made bifurcated and bolted to the rear vedge of the shield, as shown. A metal rod, c, whose ends are suitably secured to the said end partitions,

D, passes in a horizontal line through the intermediate shields,w, suitable nuts on said rod .each side of each shield serving to rigidly hold each ofthe latter in a proper position. Thus it is seen that each of said shields, while serving to suitably separate the said compartments one from the other, is so hung on the walls behind it that it has no direct contact with the latter; 'but provision is made for keeping the wall h back of the shield entirely clean, no corners between said two parts eX- isting, as is ordinarily the case, for the accumulation of disagreeable deposits.

c serves also asa guard to prevent a person from being pushed against the wall h.

The urinal-wall h and the trough C are ii ush ed or washed preferably by an intermittent sup- Said rod` ply of water from the tank E, which is a wellknown device, usually called a tumble-tank; 7 but a continuous stream oflwater may be employed, if desired.

A fiushing-pipe, H, is properly supported in a horizont-al position at the upper end of the urinal-wall h, and has in one side thereof a continuous slot, 8, so cut or formed as to direct a sheet of water directly against the said wall from one end to the other, thus thoroughly washing down the'entire surface of said wall, the water being discharged int the trough C, and carried off from the latter with the urinary discharges, as hereinbefore described. The pipe H is connected with the tumble-tank E by the pipe I.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The within-described urinal,consistiug of the inclined Wall h, the shields w, hung ou bracket-supports in front of the latter and not in contact therewith, `the trough C, located under said wall and having the foot-blocks n. therein, with a water-passage entirely around the latter, the perforated Ventilating-pipe J, located behind the wall h, and means, substantially as described, for conveying water onto the latter and to said trough, and for drawing the water and the urinary discharges from the latter, combined and operating substantially as set forth.

2. In a urinal construction substantially as described, the trough C, the inclined wall h., having its lower edge supported over the latter and above the normal water-line thereof, the perforated Ventilating-pipe J, the flushingpipe H, to discharge water against said wall, a suitable water-supply for said pipe, the drainpipe e, connected to the bottom of said trough, the Siphon-pipe d, adjustably secured to the interior of said drain-pipe, and the Siphon-cap b, having air-passages and side openings therethrough, combined and operating substantially as set forth.

3. In a urinal construction substantially as described, the urinary wall h, the shields an, hung on bracket-supports, substantially as described, in front of the latter and not iu contact therewith, and the rod o, passing transversely through said shields and suitably secured thereto, all combined and arranged substantially as set forth.

THOMAS W. MANN.

NVitnesses:

H. A. OHAPIN, W. FA Bron.

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